Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's javelin throw

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Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Para-athletics
100 m blind	men
800 m wheelchair		women
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The men's javelin throw event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 31 July.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Steve Backley	England	86.81	84.94	x	–	–	–	86.81
	Scott Russell	Canada	78.98	75.49	x	72.20	75.92	x	78.98
	Nick Nieland	England	71.80	71.72	73.15	74.54	78.63	x	78.63
4	William Hamlyn-Harris	Australia	77.31	72.10	x	70.31	78.63	75.11	77.31
5	Andrew Currey	Australia	74.88	73.07	76.81	74.60	76.98	x	76.98
6	Mark Roberson	England	74.52	73.82	72.61	x	x	73.81	74.52
7	Michael Allen	Northern Ireland	x	64.63	67.07	65.58	x	x	67.07
8	James Goulding	Fiji	x	64.43	x	64.24	x	63.18	64.43
9	Elvis Smith	Turks and Caicos Islands	32.03	42.87	x				42.87
10	Nigel Faleuka	Niue	x	42.73	36.62				42.73
	Mathew Faleuka	Niue							DNS

References

• Official results
• Results at BBC